May 17, 2016
SIFMA recently hosted a roundtable on green financing with leading financial services participants and members of Congress to drive a discussion between industry and lawmakers on the role of the capital markets in funding green ...
May 11, 2016
Some 73 percent of controllers say that a technology-driven financial reporting audit helps them assess comparative company performance in their industry. Additionally, more than one-third of respondents say a technology-driven audit improves speed ...
May 4, 2016
Despite the years that have passed since the financial crisis known as the Great Recession, many retirees are still feeling its aftereffects. A new survey from the nonprofit Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies (TCRS) finds that only 45 percent of retirees say that they have either fully financially recovered or were not impacted. Thirty-five percent...…
May 2, 2016
80 percent of respondents said that credit scores were important. When asked what attributes were important in a spouse, 92 percent of survey respondents said financial responsibility.
April 26, 2016
The path to achieving financial milestones like paying for a college education, buying a car, owning a home and retiring at an early age always begins with one step: saving for the future.
April 25, 2016
The study found that 73 percent like to do research on their own before making financial decisions, 58 percent rely on financial advice from professionals, and 56 percent trust digital finance advice.
April 25, 2016
A new report from PwC shows that Millennials may be more stressed about their financial situations than any other generation.
April 18, 2016
The mobile-friendly calculator was developed to address the top four financial concerns of consumers found in MassMutual’s State of the Hispanic American Family study: income, savings, retirement and debt. The calculator addresses each financial ...
April 5, 2016
As further evidence that the role of CFO is becoming less tactical and more strategic, the survey found that only 8% of CFOs, or teams reporting directly to the CFO, are spending the bulk of their time closing the books each month. By contrast, the ...
April 5, 2016
Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Financial Management and Controllership combines expert analysis and practical, day-to-day guidance for financial managers and controllers, incorporating sample statements, budgets, disclosures, customizable checklists, ...
April 3, 2016
Forty-seven percent of respondents frequently live paycheck to paycheck. Two-thirds2 of Americans don't have six months of savings in their emergency fund. Thirty percent don't have an emergency fund at all. More than half of respondents don't ...
March 28, 2016
Over half (55 percent) of the young adults surveyed admitted that they were impulse shoppers, defined as making an unplanned purchase of $30 or more on a daily or weekly basis. Impulse buyers are more likely than those who never or rarely make an ...